Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye fishery had buyers nervous as landings were delayed.
In early July, 12 million reds had been landed, jumping to just over 18 million fish by mid-month. By the week of 19 July, landings reached 25.5 million fish, closing in on the 30.5-million-fish projection set by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. As the harvest wrapped up in early August, landings amounted to 28.6 million fish.
However, those numbers are still down from the same period last year as well a…
